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Historical Event on 5/31/1970

Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1883Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
5/2/1968Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act.
2/3/1900Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu.
11/16/1921Nearly 700 Mopalh rebels were killed by the Gurkhas as they attacked the Pandikkad post at Delhi.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
2/22/1913Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
6/17/1965Motilal, famous actor, died.
7/25/1997Laloo Yadav resigns as Bihar Chief Minister after CBI-designated court issues an arrest warrant against him in fodder scam case. His wife, Rabri Devi, is sworn in as his successor. She becomes first woman Chief Minister of the State.